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Cystitis

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caferyn

Young Bun
Can any one recommend a rabbit mix/pellet food that is low in calcium?

We have a couple of bunnies with re occuring problems and wondered if a change in food would assist.

One bunny has no front teeth so needs to be fed on some form of pelleted/mixed food

Thanks
 
I have a rabbit that used to have cystitis first every few months, then more and more frequently until it was almost weekly. Medication eventually stopped working too. A low calcium diet didn't work (although it did dissolve the calcium sludge that originally caused the problem).

We found that the only thing that worked and still is working a daily vitamin C supplement (Oxbow do vitamin C tablets which bunnies love). This keeps it in check and Sunny hasn't had any cystitis episodes since taking the tablets (and that's about 4 years now). I did once stop them to see whether he would be ok and the cystitis came back promptly, so he will stay on them for the rest of his life. He is now 6 and in perfect health.

Oh, and he was on Science Selective until recently and is now on Allen & Page in addition to lots of hay (meadow, timothy, dried grass) and veggies.

Vera
 
camomile tea helps to calm the imflamation that accompanies cystitis.
cranberry juice is also a usefull prevenative. (i assume you could give it to rabbits...i know they add cranberry extract to certain catfoods to help cystitis.. :? )
worth trying?
 
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